Photoshop 2020 Selection Secrets from PhotoshopCAFE is a training tutorial that combines 19 lessons to help you master selections and masks in Photoshop 2020. Colin Smith explains the tools he uses and shows you battle-tested selection and masking techniques, the same ones used by some of today's top professionals.
In this three-and-a-half hour tutorial, Colin provides the techniques that will allow you to cut out anything, even with very busy and muddled backgrounds. All of Colin's images are included, so you can follow along step by step. This isn't anything like sitting in a classroom or listening to a lecture, it's more like sitting next to Colin in his studio and working with him.
About the Author
Colin Smith is founder of the #1 PhotoshopCAFE online community which has received over 30 million visitors. Colin has made Photoshop and creative tech related content since the year 2000. He has authored 20 books (The Photographers Guide to Drones is his latest), and won numerous awards including three Guru awards. As a digital artist/designer/photographer, he's been featured in almost every major imaging magazine, and is in high demand as a speaker at major industry events including Adobe MAX (Awarded Max Master), WPPI, Imaging USA, NAB, Photoshop World, Flash Forward, and PPE. He consults with many companies including ABC, Disney, Apple, and Adobe.
Lessons
- Using Marquee Tools
- Magic Wand
- Object Selection
- Saving Selections
- Layer Masks
- Fixing Edges
- Selective Edge Cleanup
- Basic Cut Out
- Cut Out Person Busy Background
- Cut Out Hair
- Pen Tool Basics
- Pen Tool Cut Out
- Using Focus to Select
- The Channel Pull
- Advanced Blending / Blend If
- Cut Out Trees - Easy Way
- Cut Out Transparency
- Cluttered Backgrounds
- Making Complex Selections